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Voters Registration: LG Boss Takes Crusade To Churches, CBOs
Churches and Community Based Organisations in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers, have been urged to help mobilise people to participate in the on-going voter registration.
The Chairman of the council, Mr. Emeka Woke, made the appeal in Emohua on Sunday, saying the church and community-based groups must be in the forefront of the crusade for effective mobilisation toward the exercise.
Woke told newsmen that the council had already set-up a committee that had been moving from one community to another to sensitise the people on the need to get registered.
“As part of that effort to mobilise our people for the exercise, I am calling on the churches to reach out to their members. I also want local groups based in the communities to see this as another civic responsibility.
“In our own way, we have employed local information dissemination system such as town criers and the use of opinion leaders,’’ he said.
Woke said the nation’s attempt to achieve free and credible elections this year based on one man, one vote would be difficult without full participation of the electorate in the on-going registration.
Our correspondents reports, however, that the exercise did not take off on time in some communities in the area, due to late arrival of materials.
The exercise was also fraught with technical hitches as registration officers complained of problems malfunctioning printers and technical incompetence of registration officers.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.